is a Japanese

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who plays for

Júbilo Iwata is a professional Japanese association football team that currently play in the J2 League. The team name ''Júbilo'' means 'joy' in Spanish and Portuguese. The team's hometown is Iwata, Shizuoka prefecture and they play at Yamaha Stadium. For ...

. Mainly as a

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Career

Júbilo Iwata

Yamamoto, who was born in

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, started his career at Seirei Junior Football Club before transferring to

's youth academy in 2002. He won himself a contract and was promoted to the senior squad at the end of the 2007 season after progressing through the youth ranks at the club and completing his two-year apprenticeship. He made his first team debut for the Júbilo in the

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match on 3 September 2006, when he came on as a late substitute for Robert Cullen in the 3–2 defeat to

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Albirex Niigata

On 16 June 2014, Yamamoto completed a move to

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on loan thus being reunited with former coach

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. He made his Albirex debut on 19 July, starting against

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, before being substituted by

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in the 84th minute. He scored his first goal for Albirex in a 3–0 win over

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at Big Swan on 5 October 2014. Yamamoto's second league goal for Albirex came in a 3–1 win over

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on 22 November, scoring the winning goal for the away side. Following a successful debut campaign, Yamamoto agreed to a second season on loan at Albirex Niigata.

Return to Júbilo

After a two years-loan and some good displays with Albirex, Júbilo took back Yamamoto for 2016 season.

Career statistics

Club

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References

External links

Profile at Júbilo Iwata
* * 1989 births Living people Japanese men's footballers J1 League players J2 League players Júbilo Iwata players Albirex Niigata players Men's association football midfielders Association football people from Hamamatsu {{Japan-footy-midfielder-1980s-stub